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New York Mets sold Kirk Nieuwenhuis to the Los Angeles Angels on May 27, 2015.

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Real Surprise: He's No Loser, This Young Met
The Tennessean, August 27, 1967
Tennessee sportswriter Bud Burns expresses surprise that the "hapless expansion" Mets (in their sixth season) have a quality player in Bud Harrelson. Burns doesn't seem to appreciate defensive skills. He says that Harrelson's "lowly" batting average "overshadows anything else he had ever done."
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Bernard Gilkey
Born: September 24, 1966
at St. Louis, Mo.
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Years with Mets: 1996 - 1998

380 games. 52 hr, 223 rbi, 0.273
226 runs, 29 stolen bases


Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1974 Game Results
06/11 Braves 4, Mets 3 Apodaca (L, 1-4)
06/12 Braves 1, Mets 0 Parker (L, 1-5)
06/17 Braves 8, Mets 1 Parker (L, 1-6)
06/18 Braves 6, Mets 1 Stone (L, 2-5)
06/19 Braves 5, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 5-5)
08/23 Braves 4, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 4-7)
08/23 Braves 6, Mets 0 Parker (L, 4-12)
08/24 Braves 4, Mets 3 Miller (L, 2-2)
08/25 Mets 1, Braves 0 Sadecki (W, 5-7)
08/30 Mets 4, Braves 2 Sadecki (W, 6-7)
08/31 Mets 6, Braves 5 Apodaca (W, 5-5)
09/01 Mets 3, Braves 0 McGraw (W, 6-7)
1974 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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